Life in a quiet village in Xianshan

"Siwei, have you thought about the matchmaker? Who is suitable to be this matchmaker?"

Hu Shunkai asked, looking at his prospective son-in-law.

Although there is no longer any wine, there are still some inexpensive rules, such as matchmaking.

Originally, Gu Siwei wanted Liu Fulin to be the matchmaker, but after thinking about it yesterday, it was a bit inappropriate, because the matchmaker would have to make a trip here, and it would take at least two days to go back and forth from the village to the factory. Back and forth, what should I do to trouble my uncle when he has nothing to do?

Although he must have been very happy to tell his uncle about this, Gu Siwei thought it would be best to find someone from nearby to be the matchmaker.

"I think Xu Congwen is a good matchmaker," Gu Siwei said to his father-in-law-to-be.

"Xu Congwen?"

Someone among the relatives muttered: "This name seems a bit familiar, but I can't remember where I have heard it before."

"Yan Ming's master, Master Xu," Hu Shun said with a smile.

"It turns out it's him. No wonder you. I know you mentioned General Master Xu, but when you mentioned his name, it didn't turn the corner," the man said with a smile.

"Have you told anyone?"

The relatives were a little worried. Gu Siwei and Xu Congwen's family would talk nonsense together, but in the eyes of others, Xu Congwen had a bad temper.

Moreover, the old man's ability and status are worthy of his temper. Even if others have objections, they have to endure it and want to have an affair with Xu Congwen. There are not many people in the surrounding factories who are qualified.

Asking Xu Congwen to be a matchmaker, I have to say that the standard is a bit high, so the relatives asked with concern, not to say they didn't believe it, but to remind them out of good intentions.

"I'll be there later," Gu Siwei replied cheerfully.

The relative thought for a moment and stopped asking.

All these matters were almost discussed, and it was noon. They were all relatives and there was nothing to be particular about. When the time came, the women went into the house to cook, while the men continued chatting in the outer room.

Gu Siwei didn't chat. He waited for the matter to be discussed and then rode Hu Yanqiu's car to Xu Congwen's house, preparing to ask the old man to be his matchmaker.

When we arrived at the door of Xu Congwen's house, it was a coincidence that we met the old man coming out of the yard. Just as he was about to get on his bicycle, he saw Gu Siwei coming from the other side.

"Siwei! You finally have time to come?"

Gu Siwei smiled and said, "Didn't I come over here?"

"Come on, have you eaten? Why don't you accompany me to have a drink?" Xu Congwen asked with a smile.

"How long has it been? How could I not have eaten before? I came here this time to ask you for a favor." Gu Siwei pushed the cart and came to Xu Congwen's side.

Xu Congwen was very surprised when he heard this and said: "If you ask me for help, then I really want to know what it is about."

Gu Siwei said: "I'm getting married. My wife and I know each other by ourselves, so we don't have a matchmaker. Now that I have to do something, I realized that I need to find a matchmaker. Why don't I come over and ask you to be the matchmaker?"

"Are you getting married? That girl from the Hu family?" Xu Congwen asked.

Gu Siwei said cheerfully: "Who else could be there besides her?"

"That's a good thing. I agreed to it. But why do you want to get married all of a sudden? Did something terrible happen to your boy?" Xu Congwen was a little surprised.

Gu Siwei said: "It's not what you think, but a lot of things happened between us during this period. I can't explain it in a sentence or two. We will do things next Saturday. Please wait two days. Let me formally go to Hu’s house to propose marriage..."

"Okay, I'm more familiar with this routine than you are. Just tell me and it will be settled. Are you going to follow the customs there?" Xu Congwen looked at Gu Siwei and asked cheerfully.

Gu Siwei couldn't help but be stunned for a moment after hearing this: "Where are the rules? I will do whatever everyone else does. Are there any specific rules?"

"Everyone is different. Some people are more particular about it, and the things they bring to the house for the first time to propose marriage are also different. For example, in our hometown, we have to prepare eight kinds of gifts. The custom here does not have eight kinds of gifts, but six kinds of gifts are required. Sexy snacks, and some places have to have specific things, for example, in my lover’s hometown, you have to bring a piece of meat when you propose marriage, and other things can be without, but this thing must be there..."

Gu Siwei looked at the old man who was talking eloquently for a while and then asked: "Are you kidding me?"

Xu Congwen listened for a moment and said: "How do you call it bullshit? There are different styles in ten miles and different customs in a hundred miles. Do you think it's just for fun?"

Gu Siwei said: "Don't worry about what you have and what you don't have. I am as frugal as a poor man."

"You stingy bitch, you are not poor. Compared with you, I am a poor bitch. The money you make from the cafeteria of No. 2 Factory in a month is probably several times my salary. You still don't spend money on food and drink. You Still poor?"

Gu Siwei said: "How about we not talk about money? You make a proper marriage proposal so philistine."

"I'm a business philistine? You're the one..." Xu Congwen liked to talk nonsense with Gu Siwei, and the two of them could do this for half an hour.

I don’t know why, but Xu Congwen just likes to talk to Gu Siwei like this. Except for Zhu Shiming, this old man can’t play with him.

The two chatted on the street for a while, and the last few words settled the matter. Xu Congwen stopped talking and listed some things for Gu Siwei to bring with him.

Very simple things, nothing more than tobacco and alcohol. There are no good things these days, such as Moutai, Wuliangye, etc., which ordinary people can give away.

"Don't bring expensive things. The wine is better than Daqu wine. A blue porcelain bottle will do. Two bottles of these things are not much more expensive than Daqu wine. The most important thing is that they look good. There is a square box outside. The cigarettes are of Dachongjiu grade." That’s fine,” Xu Congwen said.

Gu Siwei said: "Isn't it too...?"

"Just like this, it's not good for others to see it if it's expensive. If you privately like to send your father-in-law to drink Maotai every day, that's fine, but for publicity, just let it go like this. If you want to be the first, On the contrary, it’s not beautiful, and don’t make a fuss about it. Although we don’t pay much attention to these things here, and it’s not the same as outside, but we must be careful and sail the boat for ten thousand years...”

Xu Congwen's words were completely considered from Gu Siwei's perspective.

After hearing this, Gu Siwei sighed in his heart: Who said that I am not slick at all? I don't understand this matter of human affairs quite well.

After thinking for a while, if the old man didn't have this level of skills, how could he possibly be able to live a peaceful life now? Those who have the ability to live a peaceful life these days are not ordinary people.

"It's up to you. Oh, there's one more thing. On the wedding day, I'll invite your family to get together." Gu Siwei told Xu Congwen about the day of work.

"Wedding banquet?" Xu Congwen frowned after hearing this.

Gu Siwei said: "It's not a wedding banquet. The folks are coming over that day. We will all have a meal together. The excitement is not a wedding banquet. The whole family comes together."

When Xu Congwen heard Gu Siwei's explanation, he knew that this was a compromise. To put it bluntly, it meant the same thing, but with this meaning, it became so dazzling.

"I will definitely go when the time comes, and forget about my family," Xu Congwen said.

"No, the whole family is here, it's so lively." Gu Siwei still had to invite him.

Xu Congwen waved his hands and did not answer directly. Instead, he asked Gu Siwei about his future situation.

"Then you will live separately from your lover in the future?"

"Does this count as separation between the two places?" Gu Siwei said with a smile.

Xu Congwen said: "Why doesn't it count? Your lover works here and you farm in the countryside. Doesn't seeing him once every three to five days count?"

Gu Siwei smiled and said: "That's not true. She will follow me back there to live for a while, recuperate, and then officially go to work after a while."

This was the explanation Gu Siwei got from Hu Yanqiu. He didn't know that Hu Yanqiu was completely comforting him. Hu Yanqiu had completely different plans from Gu Siwei for the lives of the two of them.

Gu Siwei's view of this issue was from the perspective of people decades later, but Hu Yanqiu was different. Her view of the issue of heirs could be said to be completely different from Gu Siwei's.

Just when Gu Siwei and Xu Congwen were chatting happily.

The Hu family also sent away their relatives and friends, and Hu Shunkai also went to work at the unit, leaving only Lu Yihui and Hu Yanqiu, mother and daughter, sitting face to face and speechless.

It wasn't that he was speechless, but that Lu Yihui looked at his daughter with heart-wrenching pain.

"Why are you bothering? I think Siwei is different from others. Maybe he really doesn't care about this," Lu Yihui said to Hu Yanqiu.

After hearing this, Hu Yanqiu smiled and said: "I know, he may not feel it now, but what if he regrets it in the future? People will change. I don't want to drag him down because of me. I also know that he is a very good person. "Mom, don't worry, I'm fine. I will live my life carefully and live happily in the future. You don't have to worry."

Lu Yihui sighed after hearing this. She didn't know what to say to her daughter for a while. Sometimes she felt that it was not good for her daughter to be too independent and could not listen to other people's advice at all.

Lu Yihui kept silent and just looked at her daughter, while Hu Yanqiu softly hummed a ditty. Lu Yihui had never heard the tune before, and it sounded very strange. After listening for a while, he couldn't help but ask: "What kind of tune is this?" "

"I also want to know. I heard it from Siwei. He didn't know what the song was. He said he heard it somewhere and thought it sounded good so he kept humming it." Hu Yanqiu said with a smile.

After listening for a while, Lu Yihui also started humming.

Hu Yanqiu and his daughter didn't know what the song was called, but how could Gu Siwei not know it.

He was happily riding on his bicycle and whistling this song.

"The only one I belong to in my heart is you. No matter how deep the sky is or how deep the sea is, I will have no regrets in this life... May the evening wind blow me into your heart...".

A little song was whistled by Gu Siwei and turned into a happy tune.

Lao Gu is getting married!